The COVID-19 variant picture is shifting again, with one widely circulating strain drawing attention for an unusual symptom.

XFG, dubbed “American COVID,” is spreading globally, with reports linking the variant to a distinctive hoarse or croaky voice ...

AS the number of Britons testing positive for Covid has risen by almost a third in a fortnight, a lesser-known symptom of the ...

The XFG variant — also known as American Covid or Stratus — is surging across the UK, with hospitalisations jumping from 950 ...

ENGLAND is facing an early autumn Covid surge, experts warned today. The strain XFG, dubbed Stratus, is believed to be fuelling the spike, with cases rising by more than a third in a week. Also ...

American Covid has sparked 'wear mask' advice.

Covid infections are rising again in the United Kingdom with the spread of the XFG variant, nicknamed Stratus. Official data released by London in September showed a test positivity rate rising ...

A variant of COVID-19, known as XFG or Stratus, is spreading rapidly in the United Kingdom, as doctors are drawing attention to a symptom that seems to occur more often in this variant: hoarseness and ...

HEALTH experts have warned Ireland is facing a new Covid-19 surge ahead of winter. First detected in January 2025, “American ...

Cases of Covid-19 have risen sharply across the UK this month, driven largely by a variant of the virus known as ‘XFG’.

The FDA approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for the 2026-27 season. The vaccines are designed to target the XFG, or Stratus, variant. XFG accounted for an estimated 79% of recent U.S. COVID-19 cases.

As Coronavirus cases soar across the UK, two women explain what it's really like to catch the new XFG strain, otherwise known ...